A couple looks down from their balcony in Greater Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, on March 22. Altaf Qadri/APThe Indian capital New Delhi is among 75 districts in the country that will go into lockdown until March 31 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In the northern state of Punjab, the chief minister announced that except for essential services, the entire state will be under a lockdown until March 31. The entire state of Uttarakhand -- which has only reported three confirmed cases -- announced a non-essential services lockdown until March 31. "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet.

Source: CNN March 23, 2020 05:22 UTC